Privacy Governance Professional (Full-time or part-time)

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SUSE is a global leader of enterprise open source software. By transforming community innovations into secure, sovereign and AI-ready solutions, SUSE empowers customers to escape vendor lock-in and regain control of their IT destiny. Through industry-leading Linux, Kubernetes, Edge and AI infrastructure solutions, SUSE delivers the flexibility to innovate everywhere—from the data center to multi-cloud and out to the edge. Only SUSE also manages many Linux and Kubernetes distributions. At SUSE, Choice Happens because we prioritize community, interoperability and relentless innovation. Discover how we power mission-critical resilience at www.suse.com. 

Privacy Governance Professional (Full-time or part-time)

  

Job Description

   

Privacy Governance Professional

We are seeking a Privacy Governance Professional (0,5 - 1 FTE) to join SUSE’s Head of Privacy Office, a team of privacy lawyers and privacy experts within the Cybersecurity function.
In this role, you will not just monitor compliance. You will  actively help design the structural framework that ensures SUSE’s infrastructure is "Private by Design."
You will bridge the gap between high-level legal requirements and low-level system architecture, helping translate privacy obligations into practical governance models, technical standards, and scalable controls. This role is fully remote.

Profile We Are Looking For:

• Privacy depth: strong knowledge of privacy law, governance, risk, and controls.
• Technical fluency: ability to engage with architects, engineers, and security teams.
• AI literacy: ability to understand AI-enabled use cases and identify privacy, governance, and accountability risks.

Business judgment: ability to understand how SUSE operates and design privacy requirements that are practical, scalable, and risk-based.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and continuously improve SUSE’s privacy governance framework, ensuring data protection is baked into the enterprise ecosystem.
• Manage privacy risks.
• Develop technical privacy standards and patterns for data minimization, pseudonymization, and encryption at rest/in transit.
• Maintain SUSE’s PIMS (Privacy Information Management System) with a strong focus on the governance and technical lineage of data.
• Lead privacy-by-design (PbD) reviews during the architectural design phase cloud services, and internal IT systems.
• Implement privacy-enhancing technologies and organizational measures that mitigate privacy risks at the structural level.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity architects to align the "security of processing" with "privacy-by-default" requirements.
• Review complex vendor contracts and architecture from a legal and technical due diligence perspective.
• Stay informed about "code is law" concepts and evolving privacy-tech trends, translating them into governance requirements.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in law (preferably in EU law) or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in privacy or compliance.
• Deep understanding of GDPR and related privacy laws.
• Knowledge of ISO 27001, ISO 27701 and SOC 2.
• English proficiency (B2/C1 or higher)
• Deep understanding of privacy by design and by default.
• Knowledge of the “code is law” concept.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks (e.g., SABSA, TOGAF, or Zachman) and how to apply them to privacy.
• Experience supporting AI governance, model risk assessments, or responsible AI review processes.
• Orientation in zero trust architecture and its implications for data privacy and access control.
• Orientation in the audit process.
• Ability to review technical documentation, and infrastructure diagrams for privacy risks.
• Certifications like CIPT (Certified Information Privacy Technologist) or CDPSE (Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer) are an advantage.
• Required overlap: At least 3.5 hours daily between 9:00 and 17:00 Prague time, regardless of your home time zone.

This position is subject to a background check(s), including criminal, credit, and/or employment references. The candidate is required to complete the background check(s) once an offer has been accepted. This will be conducted by SUSE’s external provider, where legally permitted.

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What We Offer 

We empower you to be bold, driving your career to create the future you want. We celebrate and reward your achievements.  

SUSE is a dynamic environment that is evolving rapidly, thus requiring agility, strong entrepreneurship and an open mind. 

This is a compelling opportunity for the right person to join us as we continue to scale and prosper.   

If you’re a big thinker, obsessed by execution and thrive in a dynamic environment in which you can tangibly create a lasting legacy, then please apply now!  

We give you the freedom to be yourself. You will work in a global community of unique individuals – like you – with different backgrounds, talents, skills and perspectives. A truly open community where everyone is welcome, has a voice and is encouraged to reach their full potential regardless of age, gender, race, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or any other characteristics.   

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SUSE Values 

SUSE's culture is centered on four key values - Choice, Community, Trust, and Innovation - which are deeply integrated with our open source ethos. SUSE fosters a diverse and inclusive environment where our people are encouraged to be themselves.

Choice: 

We are continuously making choice happen 

We are accountable for our choices 

We never get complacent

Community: 

Nobody is smarter than everybody 

We embrace diversity of thought 

We are “open source first, upstream first” where collaboration benefits all

Trust: 

We are trusted to deliver with integrity 

We offer trust by default, and do not wait for it to be earned

We foster an environment where everyone trusts each other 

Innovation: 

We foster a culture of experimentation, and embrace change by challenging the norm

We are committed to continuous improvement, creativity and adaptability 

Ideas are great, but without execution they are just ideas